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Population
  
424 (2011)

Civil parish
  
Abberton

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:42 AM

District
  
Borough of Colchester

UK parliament constituency
  
North Essex

OS grid reference
  
TM007190

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Essex

Dialling code
  
01206

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Weather
  
2°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 89% Humidity

Abberton is a village in Essex, England. It is located approximately 0.62 mi (1.00 km) east of Abberton Reservoir and is 4.2 mi (6.8 km) south of Colchester. The village is in the borough of Colchester and in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. The town is served by Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council.

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Map of Abberton, Colchester, UK

There is a post office in the village.

Abberton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-87 as Edburghetuna and as Edburgetuna in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in demesne; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of King Edward before the Norman conquest of 1066.

Abberton is among the villages which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake.

Church

The Church at Abberton is St Andrew. It is located at the end of Rectory Lane approximately three hundred yards from Abberton Reservoir.

References

Abberton, Essex Wikipedia